OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Systematic Reviews is 32. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews	3259
PRISMA-S: an extension to the PRISMA Statement for Reporting Literature Searches in Systematic Reviews	904
How to properly use the PRISMA Statement	176
Scoping reviews: reinforcing and advancing the methodology and application	173
Exploring the prevalence of gaming disorder and Internet gaming disorder: a rapid scoping review	89
The influence of contextual factors on healthcare quality improvement initiatives: a realist review	81
Traditional Chinese herbal medicine for treating novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	78
e-Health interventions for healthy aging: a systematic review	71
Considerations for conducting systematic reviews: evaluating the performance of different methods for de-duplicating references	67
Effectiveness of exergames for improving mobility and balance in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	62
Understanding the mental health of doctoral researchers: a mixed methods systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-synthesis	58
Interventions for improving outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community setting: a systematic review	55
The incubation period during the pandemic of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	53
A comparison of two assessment tools used in overviews of systematic reviews: ROBIS versus AMSTAR-2	51
Research Screener: a machine learning tool to semi-automate abstract screening for systematic reviews	51
Where to prospectively register a systematic review	51
Preventing the transmission of COVID-19 and other coronaviruses in older adults aged 60 years and above living in long-term care: a rapid review	51
Guidance for overviews of reviews continues to accumulate, but important challenges remain: a scoping review	48
The state of population health research performance in the Middle East and North Africa: a meta-research study	46
Challenges in synthesising cost-effectiveness estimates	45
Assessing risk of bias in human environmental epidemiology studies using three tools: different conclusions from different tools	41
A systematic and meta-analysis review on the diagnostic accuracy of antibodies in the serological diagnosis of COVID-19	41
Medical cannabis for the reduction of opioid dosage in the treatment of non-cancer chronic pain: a systematic review	39
Why do some inter-organisational collaborations in healthcare work when others do not? A realist review	37
Evidence Synthesis International (ESI): Position Statement	36

Interventions for treatment of COVID-19: a protocol for a living systematic review with network meta-analysis including individual patient data (The LIVING Project)	36
Health outcomes of sexual and gender minorities after cancer: a systematic review	35
Open defecation-free slippage and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review	34
Machine learning for screening prioritization in systematic reviews: comparative performance of Abstrackr and EPPI-Reviewer	34
The effectiveness of peer and community health worker-led self-management support programs for improving diabetes health-related outcomes in adults in low- and-middle-income countries: a systematic re	34
Use of powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) by healthcare workers for preventing highly infectious viral diseases—a systematic review of evidence	33
Prevalence of hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and euthyroidism in thyroid eye disease: a systematic review of the literature	32
Are ChatGPT and large language models “the answer” to bringing us closer to systematic review automation?	32
Leftover opioids following adult surgical procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32